Data center developers have ‘dug their own graves’ | Brian Merchant

Data center developers have ‘dug their own graves’ | Brian Merchant

August 25, 2026 · 30 min · Season 1

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Brian Merchant discusses the public's opposition to data centers and the implications of AI development in Texas.

“There is no issue that unites the public like hatred of data centers, Big Tech, and the AI companies.” Author of the book and newsletter Blood in The Machine Brian Merchant joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about AI data center and local opposition after the governor of Texas says developers have “dug their own graves.”  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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